10 mo. ago • 95%

solar punk centered movies

We just had a thread about biopunk centered media, I would love a similar collection about movies and TV shows about solar punk. Here we go:

I really loved the show the peripheral. I know it's not really centered around solar punk per se, but it happens to be placed in a world where the main character goes from place to place in a solar charged e-bike.

What's your favorite show or movie set in a solar punk world?

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Treasure Planet has solar sails used as the energy source for propulsion for ships.

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- Its also an absolutely amazing movie!
  
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- Came here to say this, the solar sails are beautiful in action. Other movies that have a moment with solar: WALL-E, Star Wars Episode 2 (solar sails appear again)
  
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- Not exactly the gerne I'm looking for, but will watch it anyways. Looks interesting
  
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Okja? Does that count.

Some Miyazaki movies.

Tomorrowland
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- Tomorrowland looks awesome. Thanks!
  
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  I'm not too keen on Tomorrowland. it's got a lot of great man theory messages in it, which isn't surprising since it was written and directed by Brad Bird, a notorious Objectivist
  
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In some sense Waterworld qualifies.

Also Cloud Atlas in some of the settings, though a bit more primitivist

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- Waterworld. I agree, mixes with diselpunk. Cloud Atlas, at least the futuristic part.
  
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Princess Mononoke from studio Ghibli.

Edit: whoops, I meant 'Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'

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- Nausicaa is more solar/windpunk than Princess Mononoke, which is more primitivist.
  
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  Shoot, that's the one I was actually thinking of!
  
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- Most of Miyazakis films
  
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- Awesome but not really solarpunk.
  
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Maybe Atlantis? Also maybe the fremen parts of Dune, though that again is more primitivist in some respects.

I'd say overall Solarpunk still lacks its cornerstone film.

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Moonhaven

After Yang

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John Carter has ships that "fly on light"

https://imdb.com/title/tt0401729/

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Well, not solar punk but environmentalist. Travelers. It's a show about people traveling back in time to stop climate collapse, it's pretty good.

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Not sure if Sunshine qualifies, but its an excellent sci-fi with the sun theme

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